Brad Mills

Like his bosses, Mike Foltynewicz is a baseball optimist. He can see the Astros rising out of the ashes they find themselves in at the beginning of the Jim Crane era. "In three or four years, we're going to be a fun team,'' said Foltynewicz, a 21-year-...

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--ATP World Tour-WTA Sony Open, 2 and 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--NCAA Division I Tournament, Louisville vs. Oregon, 6 p.m. (CBS), Kansas vs. Michigan, 6:15 p.m. (TBS), Duke vs. Michigan State, 8:30 p.m. (CBS),...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE SOFTBALL| Presentation at Bethany Lutheran Triangular in Rosemount, Minn., day two of two, vs. Finlandia, 12:30 p.m, and vs. Bethany Lutheran, 4:30 p.m.   |TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NHL Hockey--Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN); Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild, 7 p.m. (FXSP) NBA Basketball--Miami Heat at New York Knicks,...

GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE Mets 5, Nationals 3: Stephen Strasburg surrendered three hits over two innings - including a single and home run to the first two batters he faced - in his first action since Sept. 7. David Wright was hitless in three at-bats for New...

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Angels open Cactus League play Saturday with split-squad games, to the displeasure of Manager Mike Scioscia. "A split-squad the first day is absurd," Scioscia said. "It just makes no sense." With 15 teams in the Cactus League, at...

Talking baseball while wishing we could fast forward to first-round games in the NCAA basketball tournament: 1. No matter what Ken Rosenthal and Buster Olney were suggesting before Michael Bourn’s deal with Cleveland was finalized Monday, the Cubs...

|TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball—Playoffs, St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 4 p.m. (TBS); Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers, 7:30 p.m. (TBS) College Football—Pittsburgh at Syracuse, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Utah State at Brigham Young, 9:15 p....

Bobby Valentine has a better guess where he'll be Thursday than the Yankees do. Bobby V, who has posted fewer Vs than any Red Sox manager since Billy Herman in 1965, figures to be on the other end of a phone call summoning him to a meeting with the...

There are three places I have no interest in seeing a 50-year-old Roger Clemens: Cooperstown, N.Y.; on a pitcher's mound; or in front of a microphone … unless he finally has decided to hold a press conference to apologize for being a juicer. So I'd...

Do you know what was going on in the world 90 years ago? Twins, Loraine Glenewinkel and Viola Merz, of Brenham do! The pair are longtime Astros fans so what better way to celebrate their 90th birthday, than being honored by their favorite baseball team?...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two months ago, an early two-run deficit would have had the Pittsburgh Pirates scrambling.   Now, it's just a blip. And for the moment, so is nearly two decades of losing.   Mike McKenry and Pedro Alvarez drove in two runs...